Team announces death of 16-year-old player after suffering multiple strokes

The St. Paul Capitals have announced the the sad news of the passing of 16-year-old Cormick Scanlan. The team made the announcement via their Twitter account. According to family Cornick passed away peacefully overnight on Christmas.

On December 6th Cormick suffered an initial stroke and had been hospitalized since. After undergoing surgery the surgery appeared to be successful, but that unfortunately was not the case. Cormick's condition slowly worsened until his untimely passing.

A GoFundMe has been setup to support the family.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire family.

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